The Employment Effects of a Shorter Working Week
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9725418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Booth (0000-0001-7138-6295), Fabio Schiantarelli |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 214 |
| Pages | 237 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2554393 |
| OpenAlex | W3126049863 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Labor organizations currently argue that reducing the standard working week will help lower the high unemployment of the 1980s. Opponents maintai n that this will increase labor costs, and therefore not alleviate un employment. This paper analyzes the employment effects of a cut in ho urs, using the monopoly union and efficient bargaining models of the union and firm. Under various developments of the models, the results are quite consistent: a reduction in hours has employment effects th at are at best ambiguous and very often negative. A puzzle remains as to why trade unions are pressing for shorter hours. Copyright 1987 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited
Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2024 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |